2006 Kansas Code - 21-4204

21-4204.Criminal possession of a firearm.
(a) Criminal possession of a firearm is:

(1) Possession of any firearm by a person who is both addicted
to and an
unlawful user of a controlled substance;

(2) possession of any firearm by a person who has been convicted of a
person felony
or a violation of any provision
of the uniform controlled substances act
under the laws of Kansas or a crime under a law of
another jurisdiction which is substantially the same as such felony or
violation, or was adjudicated a
juvenile offender because of the commission of an act which if done by an adult
would constitute the commission of a person felony
or a violation of any provision of the uniform
controlled substances act,
and was found to have been in
possession of a firearm at the time of the commission of the offense;

(3) possession of any firearm by a
person who, within the preceding five years
has been convicted of a
felony, other than those specified in subsection (a)(4)(A), under
the laws of
Kansas or a crime under a law of another
jurisdiction which is substantially the same as such felony, has been
released from imprisonment for a felony or was adjudicated as a juvenile
offender because of the commission of an act which if done by an adult would
constitute the commission of a felony, and was found not to have been in
possession of a firearm at the time of the commission of the offense;

(4) possession of any firearm by a person who, within the
preceding
10 years, has been convicted of: (A) A felony under K.S.A. 21-3401, 21-3402,
21-3403, 21-3404, 21-3410,
21-3411, 21-3414, 21-3415, 21-3419, 21-3420, 21-3421, 21-3427, 21-3502,
21-3506, 21-3518, 21-3716, 65-4127a or 65-4127b, or
65-4160 through 65-4164 or
K.S.A. 2005 Supp.
21-3442, and amendments thereto,
or a crime under a law of another jurisdiction which is substantially the same
as such felony, has been released from imprisonment for such felony, or was
adjudicated as a juvenile offender because of the commission of an act which if
done by an adult would constitute the commission of such felony,
was found not to have been in possession of a firearm at the time of the
commission of the offense, and has not had the conviction of such
crime expunged or been pardoned for such crime; or (B) a nonperson felony
under the laws of Kansas or a crime under the laws of another jurisdiction
which is substantially the same as such nonperson felony, has been released
from imprisonment for such nonperson felony or was adjudicated as a juvenile
offender because of the commission of an act which if done by an adult would
constitute the commission of a nonperson felony, and was found to have been in
possession of a firearm at the time of the commission of the offense;

(5) possession of any firearm by any person, other than a law
enforcement
officer, in or on any school property or grounds upon which is located a
building or
structure used by a unified school district or an accredited nonpublic school
for student instruction or attendance or extracurricular activities of pupils
enrolled in kindergarten or any of the grades 1 through 12
or at any regularly scheduled school sponsored
activity or event; or

(6) refusal to surrender or immediately remove from school
property
or grounds or
at any regularly scheduled school sponsored activity or event
any
firearm in the possession of any person, other than a law enforcement officer,
when so requested or directed by any duly authorized school employee or any law
enforcement officer.

(b) Subsection (a)(5) shall not apply to:

(1) Possession of any firearm in connection with a firearms
safety course
of instruction or firearms education course approved and authorized by the
school;

(2) any possession of any firearm specifically authorized in
writing by
the
superintendent of any unified school district or the chief administrator of any
accredited nonpublic school;

(3) possession of a firearm secured in a motor vehicle by a
parent,
guardian,
custodian or someone authorized to act in such person's behalf who is
delivering
or collecting a student; or

(4) possession of a firearm secured in a motor vehicle by a
registered
voter
who is on the school grounds, which contain a polling place for the purpose of
voting during polling hours on an election day.

(c) Violation of subsection (a)(1) or (a)(5) is a class B
nonperson select
misdemeanor; violation of subsection (a)(2), (a)(3) or (a)(4)
is a severity level 8, nonperson felony;
violation of subsection (a)(6) is a class A nonperson
misdemeanor.